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"How does Cushing react to being described (the NFT programme again) as a "living legend"? "To be living at all is quite remarkable, at 73. It's a lovely thing to be called. Mind you, things about people becoming legends in their own lifetimes have been rather overdone, haven't they? When I first started in this business in 1936, I never dreamed I'd end up sitting here in one of the nicest hotels in London with everyone interested in such a very old man's memoirs, and having a rose named after my wife. It's all absolutely wonderful. I'm not a writer, and I think I've proved it. But I'm so thrilled people should be interested enough to publish it."

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"He expresses guarded admiration for Jeremy Brett's portrayal of the detective in the recent TV adaptations. "He obviously went into tremendous detail, everything is dead right, but... you don't like the man. You should like Holmes; whether he was nice or not doesn't matter."

The entire interview is here:

multiglom.blogspot.com/2010/10/peter-cushing-1986-interview.html

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I don't know, for my part, I found Brett's Holmes rather likable...although Mr. Cushing is talking about the first two seasons here...;)